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Michael Ian Black Talks with Jen Spyra on the Talkhouse Podcast

Two very funny people talk about one very funny book (and lots more).

March 18, 2021

Dangerous Business: On Loving Elaine May and Ishtar

Canadian filmmaker Mark Cira traces his long, complicated relationship with May's famously derided comedy back to his anarchist teen years.

March 3, 2021

Three Great Things: Shannon Lee

Bruce Lee’s daughter, and one of the executive producers of the Lee-inspired show Warrior, shares three things that have made her life richer.

November 30, 2020

An Ode to the Comedic Character Actor

Charles Gould, currently starring in the horror-comedy It Cuts Deep, yearns for the golden age when performers like him could become A-listers.

November 24, 2020

Jemaine Clement (Flight of the Conchords) Talks Music and Comedy with Phoenix Foundation

The longtime friends get down to the business on the topic of funny music.

October 15, 2020

Just For a Minute, Let’s Talk About Yahoo Serious

The writer-directors of Save Yourselves! begin their campaign to get the comedies of Yahoo Serious into the Criterion Collection.

Comedy and Cosmic Perspective as an Antidote to Hate

I’ve Got Issues writer-director Steve Collins on how he has looked to film, rather than religion, for a path to inner peace and salvation.

September 17, 2020

Eugene Mirman Is Enjoying TV Comedies from Yesteryear, and a Recent Denzel Film

He’s also the subject of an excellent new doc called It Started As A Joke.

July 8, 2020

The Way We Get By: Haley Joel Osment on Peep Show

The Bad Therapy star is getting through lockdown by playing his guitar and returning to the comfortingly bleak humor of Mitchell and Webb.

April 21, 2020

Enter the VOD: Frankie and Johnny Are Married Hilariously Blurs Reality and Fiction

Jim Hemphill touts this underrated gem about a couple putting on the late Terrence McNally’s play Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune.

March 25, 2020

The Way We Get By: Amber Tamblyn on Wow, No Thank You. by Samantha Irby

Writer, activist and filmmaker Tamblyn snagged an advance copy of her friend's hilarious new book, and it's keeping her going in tough times.

March 19, 2020

Maria Bamford Talks with Chris Gethard for the Talkhouse Podcast

The minds behind What's Your Ailment? and Career Suicide sit down for a chat about mental health, comedy and quitting showbiz.

February 27, 2020